[2] A Tudor house on the site was demolished and rebuilt by the last Gresham baronet in the 18th century, then in 1826 was given new fronts designed by William Atkinson.

[3] John Preston Neale's Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland (1821) notes that "The Mansion... stands in a beautiful dell formed by a range of lofty chalk hills sheltering it from the north.

"[4] A Topographical History of Surrey (1844) says of the house - Titsey-Place, the residence of William Leveson Gower, esq., is a modern structure, pleasantly situated at an angle of the road from Limpsfield to Croydon, through Warlingham, and opposite to the present church.

The ancient manor house was razed to the ground by Sir John Gresham, the last baronet, who erected the new mansion on its site.

[7] After being left in a run-down state by the Army after World War II, the majority of the gardens were restored by Thomas Smith and his team.

Smith also built up a very impressive orchid collection and grew fruit and vegetables in the kitchen-garden for the estate and for the greengrocers in nearby Oxted.

In the wider estate of 3,000 acres (1,200 ha), miles of woodland walks along the edge of the North Downs are used by over 20,000 visitors a year.